What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

The riff for Under Pressure was controversially sampled by rapper Vanilla Ice for his hit “Ice Ice Baby”. Many years later, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie were given writing credit for “Ice Ice Baby”.